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<p>Tiger Woods and Masters champion Jordan Spieth will start the U.S. Open on prime-time TV.<p>
<p>Spieth was placed in the same group as Jason Day and Justin Rose for the opening two rounds next week at Chambers Bay. They will tee off at 5:17 p.m. EDT as Fox Sports makes its debut in major championship golf.<p>
<p>Woods is in the group right behind them with Rickie Fowler and Louis Oosthuizen.<p>
<p>Rory McIlroy, the world's No. 1 player, is with defending champion Martin Kaymer and U.S. Amateur champion Gunn Yang. They will tee off Thursday morning, which will be 11:28 a.m. EDT, and then will be featured in prime time on Friday.<p>
<p>Phil Mickelson, with Angel Cabrera and Bubba Watson, go off at 10:33 a.m. on Thursday and 4:33 p.m. on Friday.<p>
http://thedove.us/sports/2015/06/12/jordan-speith-tiger-woods-will-play-us-open-prime-time#commentsSportsGolfTiger WoodsUS OpenFri, 12 Jun 2015 19:38:50 +0000Jim McCoy11442 at http://thedove.usTwo Upsets In Women's Play At The US Openhttp://thedove.us/sports/2014/08/27/two-upsets-womens-play-us-open
Sloane Stephens lost before the third round for the first time in four trips to the U.S. Open, upset by 96th-ranked Johanna Larsson.
Down a set and a break, Larsson rallied to win 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 in the second round Wednesday. The 26-year-old Swede had lost her opening match in four appearances at Flushing Meadows before this year.
Once a sure bet to stick around for a while at Grand Slam tournaments, Stephens suddenly can't win there. The 21st-seeded American had reached the fourth round at six straight major events through this year's French Open, the longest active streak at the time. Then she dropped her opener at Wimbledon.
This was the second big women's upset of the day. Peng Shuai beat fourth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska, the first top-10 player knocked out of the tournament.
http://thedove.us/sports/2014/08/27/two-upsets-womens-play-us-open#commentsSportsTennisUS OpenWed, 27 Aug 2014 19:01:36 +0000Jim McCoy8624 at http://thedove.usMurray Guts Out Win at US Openhttp://thedove.us/sports/2014/08/25/murray-guts-out-win-us-open
Spinning in 70 mph second serves, grabbing at his hamstrings, Andy Murray gritted his way through cramps to win his first-round match at the U.S. Open.
The eighth-seeded Murray beat Robin Haase 6-3, 7-6 (6), 1-6, 7-5 on a steamy Monday. He started cramping in the back of his shoulder early in the third set, then it spread to his forearm.
Murray was twice down a break in the fourth set, but Haase unraveled with a string of unforced errors. The 70th-ranked Haase wasted three break points in the final game, when he was also hurt by a missed call.
In the second round of the 2011 U.S. Open, Murray rallied from a two-set deficit to beat Haase.
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RADWANSKA VS. SOLER- ESPINOSA
Third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska cruised into the second round of the U.S. Open with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Silvia Soler-Espinosa on Monday.
In the tournament's first match at Arthur Ashe Stadium, Radwanska needed only 63 minutes to improve to 28-2 in Grand Slam openers. She won 15 of 21 points at the net.
The U.S. Open is the only major tournament in which the Polish star has never made the quarterfinals. She has reached that stage at the first three Grand Slam events this year, something no other woman has accomplished.
The 69th-ranked Soler-Espinosa, from Spain, advanced to the third round at the U.S. Open the last two years.
LI VS. GOVORTSOVA
Li Na needed just 64 minutes to win her first-round match at the U.S. Open, beating Olga Govortsova 6-2, 6-2 on Monday.
The fifth-seeded Li didn't face a break point and had 28 winners.
The U.S. Open has been the least successful Grand Slam event for the Chinese star, who has advanced past the fourth round only once. The 2011 French Open champ came in just 4-3 in her first match at Flushing Meadows.
The 88th-ranked Govortsova, from Belarus, reached the third round at the U.S. Open last year.
JAMES BLAKE TO HANG UP HIS RACKET
Former top-five player James Blake says he will retire from tennis after the U.S. Open.
The 33-year-old Blake announced his decision at a news conference at Flushing Meadows on Monday, the opening day of the year's last Grand Slam tournament.
The American, who attended Harvard before turning pro in 1999, reached a career-high ranking of No. 4 in 2006. He is currently 100th and has a 9-13 record this season heading into his first-round match against Ivo Karlovic in the U.S. Open.
Blake reached three Grand Slam quarterfinals, including two at the U.S. Open, losing at that stage to Andre Agassi in 2005 and to Roger Federer in 2006.
Blake's announcement comes a year after his friend and former U.S. Davis Cup teammate, Andy Roddick, retired after the U.S. Open.
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Defending champion Andy Murray could face top-seeded Novak Djokovic only in the U.S. Open semifinals, while Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer - who have never played each other at Flushing Meadows - might meet in the quarterfinals.
Murray beat Djokovic in the 2012 final.
Thursday's draw for the year's last Grand Slam tournament also set up these possible men's quarterfinals: 2011 champion Djokovic vs. 2009 champion Juan Martin del Potro, No. 3 Murray vs. No. 5 Tomas Berdych, and No. 4 David Ferrer vs. No. 8 Richard Gasquet.
The potential women's quarterfinals are No. 1 Serena Williams against No. 8 Angelique Kerber, No. 2 Victoria Azarenka against No. 7 Petra Kvitova, No. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska against No. 5 Li Na, and No. 4 Sara Errani against No. 6 Caroline Wozniacki.
http://thedove.us/sports/2013/08/22/djokovic-murray-could-meet-us-open-semifinals#commentsSportsTennisUS OpenThu, 22 Aug 2013 19:12:20 +0000Jim McCoy5076 at http://thedove.usMurray, Djokovic Head US Open Fieldhttp://thedove.us/news/2013/07/17/murray-djokovic-head-us-open-field
Defending champion Andy Murray and No. 1-ranked Novak Djokovic join four other past winners of the U.S. Open in the 2013 men's field.
Five-time champion Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Juan Martin del Potro and Lleyton Hewitt also are among the top 102 men in the rankings who received direct entry into the hard-court Grand Slam tournament Wednesday.
Murray's 2012 title at Flushing Meadows was the first major tennis championship for a British man in 76 years. He followed that up by winning Wimbledon this month, beating Djokovic in the final.
Djokovic has played in the past three U.S. Open finals, losing to Nadal in 2010, then beating him the next year.
The tournament begins Aug. 26, with the men's final scheduled for Monday, Sept. 9.
http://thedove.us/news/2013/07/17/murray-djokovic-head-us-open-field#commentsSportsTennisUS OpenWed, 17 Jul 2013 18:46:50 +0000Jim McCoy4789 at http://thedove.usPennsylvania Town Readies For Golf's U.S. Openhttp://thedove.us/sports/2013/06/10/pennsylvania-town-readies-golfs-us-open
As tee time for the 2013 U.S. Open nears, the quaint Philadelphia suburb of Ardmore looks like a swanky tent city.
Huge white hospitality tents cover sprawling front lawns on Golf House Road, College Avenue and other streets that hem in the storied Merion Golf Club course.
Some neighbors have rented out their homes to golfers or fans.
Haverford College gave up land near its baseball fields. And St. George's Episcopal Church is renting out its parking lot for security officials.
The Rev. Ryan Whitley says he'll hold the service next Sunday at an outdoor park.
But the bells at St. George's will still be ringing, even as players compete nearby.
Whitley says that's just part of the ambiance of this year's U.S. Open.
http://thedove.us/sports/2013/06/10/pennsylvania-town-readies-golfs-us-open#commentsSportsArdmoreGolfPennsylvaniaUS OpenMon, 10 Jun 2013 19:02:45 +0000Jim McCoy4462 at http://thedove.usTennis: Two Former #1 Women Advance at US Open http://thedove.us/sports/2012/08/30/tennis-two-former-1-women-advance-us-open
<p>Former top-ranked players Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic of Serbia are quietly into the third round of the U.S. Open with impressive performances so far.<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Each has dropped just nine games through two straight-set wins. The 12th-seeded Ivanovic beat 51st-ranked Sofia Arvidsson of Sweden 6-2, 6-2 on Thursday. Jankovic, seeded 30th, defeated 115th-ranked Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino of Spain 6-4, 6-2.<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Both women reached No. 1 in the world in 2008, a breakthrough year for Serbian tennis when Ivanovic won the French Open and countryman Novak Djokovic took the Australian Open.<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; While Djokovic has since won four more Grand Slam titles, Ivanovic and Jankovic have often struggled in the last four years.</p>
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